Fishing-reel



(No Model.)

1?. CAREY. FISHING REEL.

Nix 402,653. I PatentedMay'Y, 1889.

WITNESSES, IJVJEWZ'OiB,

UNITED STATES.

P TENT OFFICE.

FRANK CAREY, or PENN YAN, New YORK.

FISHING-REEL.

V SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,653, dated May '7, 1889.

V Application filed February 27, 1889. Serial No. 301,328- (No model.)

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK CAREY, a citizen; of the United States, residing at Penn Yan, in the county of Yates and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Im- 'provernents in Reels for Fishing-Rods; and- I do hereby declare the following-to be a full, clear, and exact description of the i'nvene tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in reels for fishing-rods, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front View of the inside, the cap being removed. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on a: roof Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear view showing the double brake. Fig. 4 is a view of the reel attached to a rod. Fig. 5 is a view of the detaching device. Fig. 6 is an endview of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detached sectional View of the shaft D.

A is the plate by which the reel is secured to the rod.

B is the crank, and-B the handleby which the shaft'D is operated.

O is a fiat coiled spring, having its loose.

outer end corrugated, as seen in Fig.1 at O. D is the central shaft, on the end of which the crank B is secured, and by which it is rotated. i

, E is a case or barrel holding the coiled spring 0. The entire inner surface of the rim of the case Eis corrugated to correspond with the corrugations on the end of spring 0.

F is a spur-gear secured to shaft D.

F isa pinion working loosely on a stud, f, attached to the outside of case E.

F is another spur-gear attached to F, and rotating with it on stud f.

G is a spur-gear attached to the drum or sleeve G.

K is the case, made practically Watertight, in which all of the machinery is inclosed. Its outer rim is' grooved for winding the line.

I I are two brake-levers pivoted at c '6 to the rod-plate A, and each one bearing on the case K within the recess or rabloet k. A small spring, 13 c", is placed behind each one to keep it in place.

pinion J isa connecting-rod between the brakes l I, so that either brake being used the other will act with it.

A is a hollow spindle, rigidly attached to the rod-plate A, and in which the central shaft, D, rotates freely. The spring 0 is detachably secured at its inner end to thehollow spindle A at c. This is accomplished by means of a slit so arranged that as the recess a in the plate A. A pawl, d, is piv-,

oted in recess a, and prevents the ratchet d from turning backward, but permits it to turn in the other direction. A spring, d, controls the pawl cl.

The shaft D, having on its inner end the ratchet d, has fixed to it outside of the case E the spur-gear F, which meshes with the pinion F', to which is attached the spur F, which meshes with the spur-gear G on the drum or sleeve G, which revolves freely around the central shaft, D. This drum or sleeve G has a circular groove, G, in which is inserted the front plate of the case K. On the outer face of this plate K is a circle of notches, n, and on the corresponding inner face of the crank B there is also a circle of notches, 01. (See Fig. 5.) On the circumference of the drum G is pivoted a bifurcated pawl or click, H, having the two points h h to engage the notches n n. The spring h" is so placed that its end is fitted to a projection between the points h 71- to keep the pawl H in either position.

Forward motion is imparted to the central shaft, D, by the crank B, and through the intermediate gears, F F F", to G. If no resistance were oifered to the running of G and its attached drum, the gears would turn freely; but when it is desired to detach this machincry from the case K the small spring It will hold the pawl H in either of the two positions. The case K can be held stationary by the double clutch-brake I I. Therefore the force is exerted upon all points and moves in the line of least resistance-via, winds the spring C by revolving the barrel E.

The barrel E turns loosely upon the hollow spindle A, and as the inner surface of the rim of E is corrugated these corrugations catch the corrugated end of spring 0 and retain the spring to a certain extent, giving sufficient resistance to wind the spring before its resilience will cause it to slide over the surface within the barrel E, This arrangement causes the length of line controlled by the reel to be limited only by the capacity of the spool. As the crank is turned forward, the pawl d works upon the ratchet d and prevents any backward movement of the crank B. The spring 0 can be thus either fully or partly wound up,

The brakes offer but slight resistance to the backward motion of the case K, as in reeling off the line, and if the brake-leverbe depressed sufficiently to bring the connecting-rod J on the center of the bearing of lever I it will remain in such position until released. 'With the brake so locked and the small lever m, Fig. 3, thrown forward, and a hand on the crank-handle B and a fish on the hook, the angler is in direct communication with his quarry through the tension of the spring 0 and connecting-gears, which will regain the line faster than any fish can slacken it. It will also keep a uniform tension upon the line,

however rapid the movements of the fish may I be. The double pawl H may be made to engage the inner face of the crank B, when the machinery will be locked, and the case K or spool may revolve freely in either direction. The double brake renders it quite as convenient to use the reel above as below the handgrip of the rod, and this is a feature which will commend itself to all sportsmen. A wire guard, 0, Fig. 3, passes half-way around on the under side of the edge of the disk next to plate A, and is designed to keep the reel from fouling with the bottom of a boat or other surface upon which it may be laid. The lineguard 0 serves the purpose of keeping the line from running over the edges of the spool when being wound upon it, and is constructed with a wide ring, 0.

I claim- 1. In a fishing-reel, a case having corruga tions on the inner side of the barrel, a spiral spring within said case having its inner end detachably secured to a sleeve upon which said barrel is journaled and having its opposite end curved or hooked to engage with the 001T}? gations in the barrel, substantially as set fort 2. In a fishing-reel, the double brake consisting of levers I I, pivoted at its opposite extremities to operate the same either above or below the reel, in combination with the lever m and pawl d and ratchet-wheel d, where by a backward or forward motion is given to the central shaft, D.

3. The rod-plate having a fixed hollow spindle and attached to it two levers supplied with cams, in combination with the exterior surface of the case K, whereby the case may be prevented from rotating when required, substantially as described.

4. In a line-reel, a rod-plate having a bar ext-ending across and parallel thereto, and

havingat its opposite extremities suitablypivoted levers for actuating said bar and by it the pawl-and-ratchet mechanism on the reel-shaft, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK CAREY. Witnesses:

WILLIAM W. SMITH, ELI MCCONNELL. 

